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[Vince Keegan]

"Kiev" - Circle Line station of the Moscow Metro. Opened March 14, 1954 in the section "Belarusian" - "Park of Culture." Located between the stations "Krasnopresnenskaya" and "Park of Culture." Go to Filyovskaya and Intercession Arbatsko-line. The only Metro Ring line is not located in the Central Administrative District of Moscow.
Pilon deep-level station. Architects - EI Katonin, VK Skugarev, GE Golubev. Artists - AV Mizin, G. Opryshko, AG Ivanov.

[Vince Keegan]

From 1954 to return to the city is the half-pace escalator (the work of architects IG Taranov, GS Tosunov, design engineers Sachkova LV, MV Golovinova), which leads to the general lobby with the same name station Arbatsko Intercession-line.

[Vince Keegan]

On the site there is an intermediate transfer station submarines. In front of the escalator on the circle line is preserved, this rarity plate

[Vince Keegan]

In 1953, the post of General Secretary of the CPSU intrudes Nikita Khrushchev, and among his first acts is to perpetuate and the great destiny of the Ukrainian people in the Moscow subway. At that time, neither of the two existing "Kiev" did not satisfy him. According to the results announced by the contest were submitted 73 projects, which won a victory in Kiev. A group of construction workers headed member of the Academy of Architecture of the Ukrainian SSR EI Katonin.

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Architectural innovations used Ukrainian group of architects. The main stylistic and engineering principles work for them are growing at the top of the pylons and a parabolic arch, borrowed from the LM Polyakov - Metro architect who designed "Arbat" Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line. Subtle forms of ornamental plant girdling design reminiscent of "Novoslobodskaya." The track walls and bottom of the marble pylons mark "Koelga" floor is gray granite slabs.

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The decoration station on the theme of friendship of Russian and Ukrainian peoples

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